University of Houston Football
Chris Couch

Chris Couch

Special Teams Coordinator

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Chris Couch Hometown Milledgeville, Ga. College Georgia Southern, '11, '15 Family Wife: Susannah Sons: Wyatt & Teddy COACHING EXPERIENCE Year School, Position 2025 - Houston, Special Teams Coordinator 2022-24 Florida, GameChanger Coordinator 2021 Louisiana, Special Teams Coordinator 2016-20 Tulane, Special Teams Coordinator 2015 Point, Special Teams Coordinator 2013-14 Georgia Southern, Graduate Assistant 2012 Missouri Southern State, Slot Backs POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE Year Bowl, School 2025 Texas, Houston 2024 Gasparilla, Florida 2022 Las Vegas, Florida 2021 New Orleans, Louisiana 2020 Famous Potato, Tulane 2018 Cure, Tulane 2015 NAIA Playoffs, Point • Chris Couch reunites with Head Coach Willie Fritz in 2025 as Houston’s Special Teams Coordinator following three years at Florida as the GameChanger Coordinator where his role focused on special teams. • A native of Milledgeville, Ga., Couch spent the 2021 season with Billy Napier at Louisiana as UL’s special teams coordinator and the director of quality control & analytics. • In 2025, Couch coached the special teams unit that featured a Cougar kicker’s greatest success in decades. Senior Ethan Sanchez, who was a Lou Groza Award semifinalist for the nation’s best kicker, connected on the second most made field goals in a season with 21 made field goals. Sanchez earned three Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week honors and made three game-winning field goals with 3:00 remaining in regulation or overtime. • Sanchez’s three game

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